I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading —
It vexes me to choose another guide — 
— Emily Brontë

Announcements

Chapter one of Chuck Oliveros’s novel Buster Bungle’s Big Top can now be found at Hawking Up Hairballs.

poetry reading podcasts

Podcasts of 3 Friends Caffeinated Arts poetry readings are available at Show and Tell Gallery. I am grateful to Melissa Sillitoe, Luke Lefler, and their cohorts at Show and Tell for their contributions to the Portland arts community. They are a big part of what makes Portland a good place to be.

Caffeinated Art #20
Judith Fay Pulman, Heather Browne, David Matthews
3 Friends Coffee House
10 November 2008

Caffeinated Art #63
Norval Willey, Curtis Whitecarroll, David Matthews
3 Friends Coffee House
28 September 2009

memo from the editorial desk

The new blog House Red is up and running. Recent posts may be accessed through the menu on the left column of this page.

The website is being revamped. Please bear with us and excuse our clutter during this work in progress.

about the author

David Matthews is a native of the South Carolina Midlands who resided in Atlanta for twenty years before coming to Portland, Oregon, in 1998.

Poems have appeared in Chattahoochee Review, Night Bomb Review, Quill and Parchment, Red River Review, Tryst, the anthologies Blown Out: Portland’s indie poets, Finished Product, Ouroborus, and Raising Our Voices: an anthology of Oregon poets against the War, the poetry blog Magnapoets, and elsewhere.

The blog Memo from the Fringes has been put out to pasture but will remain online for the time being.

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